nbt-pr
Egyptian
Etymology
nbt (“lady”) + pr (“house”) in a direct genitive construction, thus ‘lady of the house’.
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /nɛbɛt pɛr/
- Conventional anglicization: nebet-per
Noun
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- a title, one of the few commonly held by women: a woman who manages a household estate; conventionally rendered as ‘mistress (or ‘lady’) of the house’ [since the Old Kingdom]
Inflection
Declension of nbt-pr (feminine)
| singular | nbt-pr |
|---|---|
| dual | nbtj-pr |
| plural | nbwt-pr |
Alternative forms
Alternative hieroglyphic writings of nbt-pr
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| nbt-pr |
References
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 512.9–512.13
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1928) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, volume 2, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 232
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 35.
- Faulkner, Raymond (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 129